despite all the criticism Square enix seem to be getting here, they are still religiously adored in japan, plus I tink its become fashiionable to dislike them in english speaking countries
Having been in japan at the time of DQ9 and FF13 release days, they were basically national holidays
Plus there is a lot of positive fedback from over there as to the direction they are taking, to generalise, the majority love it, there will always be a few detractors (like me with ff7) but the majority I talked to at least seemed very happy
To use wider figures also FF13 got rated best game ever in famitsu's reader poll in Jan this year, not best FF, not best RPG but best GAME ever, and regardless what you say about famitsu it is the most widely subscribed to gaming japanese magazine so is a good measure of popular opinion based on that (as it is the largest representative sample of the indusrtry), as this was a readers poll the magazine staff had no say in the outcome.
Dengeki also loved the game wanting to give it 120 out of 100
Then it came to the west and got very 'mixed' reviews.
all I'm saying is there are plenty out there who think square enix is getting better (including me but I am admittely japanese biased) so things may not improve for western square fans ( i hope they do but just saying). It appaers the two fan bases may be becoming somewhat mutually exclusive. The things that we appreciate in wrpgs are not highly regarded there (though I havent like a Wrpg in a LONG time) and we may simply be looking at a cultural disconnect
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